Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 2000 allows private colleges and universities (including religiously affiliated institutions) in Tennessee to operate public charter schools. It removes previous restrictions that barred such institutions from applying to open charter schools, enabling them to submit applications directly to the state charter commission or local school boards. The bill also permits these institutions to give enrollment priority to children of their employees or governing body members, following the same practice used by public universities. This changes existing law by expanding eligibility for charter school sponsors and updating references to "public institutions of higher education" to "postsecondary institutions."